The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-02-09
THE NEW PENSION BILL.
Pensions for Disabled Soldiers and De-
pendent Parents.

pendent Parents.
The bill for the relief OF dependent parents
and honorably discharged soldiers and sailors
who are now disabled and dependent upon their
own labor for support, which recently passed
Congress, reads as follows:
BE It enacted, etc, That in considering the
pension claims of dependent parents, the fact
and causes of death, and the fact that the
soldier left no widow or minor children, having
been shown as required by law, it shall be
necessary only to show by competent and sutfi-
cient evidence that such parent or parents are
without other present means of support than
their own manual labor or the contributions OF
others not legally bound for their support. Pro-
vided That no pension allowed under this act
shall commence prior to its passage, and in
case of applications hereafter made under this
act the pension shall commence from the date
OF the filing OF the application in the Pension
Office
Sec. Q That all persons who served three
months or moro in the military or naval SER
vice of tho United States in any war in which
the United States has been engaged, and who
have been honorably discharged therefrom,
and who are now or who may hereafter be suf-
fering from mental or physical disability not
the result of their own vicious habits or gross
carelessness, which incapacitates them for the
performance Of labor in such degree as to
render them unable TO earn a support and who
are dependent upon their daily labor for sup
port, shall upon making due proof of the fact
according TO such rules and regulations as the
Secretary of the Interior may provide in pursu-
ance Of this act, be placed on the list OF Invalid
pensioners of the United Statos, and be
entitled to receive, for such total in
ability to procure their subsistence by
daily labor SD per month and such pension
shall commence from the date of the filing OF
the application in the Pension Ofico, upon
proof that the disability then existed, and con-
tinue during the existence Of the same in the
degree herein provided: Provided That persons
who are now receiving pensions under existing
laws, or whose claims are pending in the Pom
sion Office. may, by application 10 the Commits
sioner OF Pensions In such forms he may
prescribe, receive the benefits Of this act; but
nothing herein contained shall be so construed
as to allow more than one pension at the same
time TO the same person. or pension TO COM
mence prior to the passage OF this act: And
provided further, That rank in the service shall
not be considered in applications filed there
under.
Sec 8 That no agent attorney. or other per-
son instrumental in the presentation and prose-
cution Of n claim under this act shall demand or
receive for his services or fundamentally in
presenting and prosecuting such claim greater
sum than IS, payable only upon the order OF the
Commissioner of Pensions, by the pension agent
making payment OF the pension al lowed, except
in cases heretofore prosecuted before the Pen
sion Office, when, in the discretion OF the Com
missioner OF Pensions, a fee of $40 may be al
lowed in like manner TO the agent or attorney
of record in the case ut the date OF the passage
of this act; and any agent, attorney, or other
person instrumental in the prosecution OF
a claim under this act who shall demand
or receive a sum greater than that herein
provided for, for his service in the prosecution
of tho claim, shall be subject to the same PEN
alties as prescribed i'm section Of the act of
July 4, 1884, entitled AN act making appropria-
tion for the payment Of invaidand other PEN
sions of the United States for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1885, and for other purposes
Sec. T. That section 47I6 Of the Revised stat
utes is hereby modified so that the same shall
not apply to this act Provided, That this act
shall not apply 10 those persons under political
disabilities And no person shall be pensioned
under this act for any disability incurred while
engaged in the military service against the
United States.